Passions in Death by J D Robb
In Death series #59. Futuristic police procedural.
Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas is awakened by a phone call from dispatch about a murder at the Down and Dirty club. A bride has been killed in one of the private rooms at a pre-wedding girls’ night party. Roarke goes with Eve to the bar, knowing she’s had her own history of assault in those private rooms. But Eve will have to put that aside now as she works the current case where no one saw anything helpful and the bar has no cameras to pull from.

🎧 I listened to an audiobook of this novel narrated by Susan Erickson who does the majority of the series. There is a specific accented voice for Roarke, and of course, Eve, Peabody and a couple of other regulars. To be honest, it took me a couple of books to get used to the narrator since it wasn’t what I used to from originally reading the series. She has grown on me and I now appreciate the continuity as well as hearing these characters come to life.
I do listen at 1.5 to more closely match my reading speed and conversations.

I Laughed out loud when Eve Dallas is using the beverage machine in the police station and at the end of the transaction, it says thank you to Detective Baxter! Hilarious. Dallas is using someone else’s code because she’s been restricted. She has a history of bad language and hitting and kicking the machine. Too funny.

There was also some seldom heard sentimentality from Eve about being married and how nice it is. Then she and Roarke walked among peach trees in their back yard and she remembers planting one. We know they are happy together but these sweet acknowledgments were touching to hear.
A wonderful addition to the series.

I received a copy of the from NetGalley and publisher Macmillan Audio.

Narrator Susan Ericksen brings the latest In Death novel to glorious life with stop on depictions of Eve Dallas, her husband Rourke, and the entire cast of characters. This listener cannot imagine anyone else giving voice to this fan favorite series.

Highly recommended for all audiobook fans, and all mystery fans. #PassionsInDeath #NetGalley #SaltMarshAuthorSeries

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Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan audio for the advanced opportunity to review this novel.
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I wasn't sure how I would feel about this book at first. The narrator's tone struck me as a bit nasally, and some of the characters were read with a touch of a baby voice, which initially put me off. Additionally, I was not familiar with J.D. Robb's *In Death* series or the fact that it is set in the future, so it took me some time to settle into the story's unique setting.

However, as the story progressed, I found myself becoming more engaged and eventually intrigued by the world and characters Robb has created. The female narrator did an impressive job carrying the male characters with distinct accents, which really enhanced the atmosphere and setting of the book.

While it took me a while to get into the rhythm of the story, I ended up enjoying it and am now curious to read more books in the series.

Passions in Death AUDIO by JD Robb is the second of her Eve Dallas books I have listened to. I will have to try reading one, as the reader, Susan Eriksen, is terrible. She reads for lots of authors so maybe it is not her fault and she is directed to read this way. It is almost as if she has just learned to read. She is slow and dissonant and she makes listening a chore for me. Plus, the book is long, so that makes it all the more painful.

The mystery was good but the setting, 2069, shows me that things are not all that different then. Not sure if that is a good thing. Devices go by different names, but that is about all the difference I see. The investigation is the same. There are no new tools. Lab works takes too long, same as today. I am simply not thrilled by a book that promised so much and delivered so little.

I was invited to listen to Passions in Death by MacMillan Audio. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #Netgalley #MacMillanAudio #JDRobb #PassionsInDeath

It’s hard to believe that this is the 59th book in JD Robb’s “In Death” series featuring futuristic New York City detective Eve Dallas and her Irish billionaire husband Roarke. I remember listening to the first audio recording of the series on cassette tapes back in 1995! Despite the number of installments, the author consistently keeps the series fresh and the murders unique. This time the murder victim is a soon to be bride a few days before her wedding at a nightclub celebration. Eve and her team of detectives won’t give up until justice is obtained and the murderer behind bars. As always, narrative Susan Ericksen did an amazing job providing unique voices for all the characters and providing urgency and emotion in all the right places.

I enjoyed the audiobook. The pace was perfect. The narrator had a great voice for listening.

Erin and Shauna are celebrating their upcoming nuptials when someone kills Erin. Erin was about to surprise Shauna with her dream honeymoon to Hawaii. Homocide detective Eve Dallas works to track down the murderer.

Another winner in this futuristic crime thriller series.

It's summer in Manhattan, but it's not the heat that brings Lt. Eve Dallas and Roarke to the air conditioned Down and Dirty sex club that night. A bride-to-be lies dead in a private room along with a case of special surprises for her fiancée. Because the club was mostly full of their best friends in a pre-wedding celebration, Eve knows that one of them must have killed Erin Albright, a 27-year-old mixed race artist who was about to marry Shauna Hunnicut. The LGBTQ+ friend tribe is in shock and Shauna is devastated. Eve and her colleagues are determined to get justice for this cold-blooded and obviously calculated murder.

It amazes me that the author can keep this level of suspense and write interesting plots after 58 other installments featuring Detective Eve Dallas. It's been fun to see all the other characters grow and develop through the pages of the series and I really like them all. Of course, it's Eve and Roarke who have the ideal marriage and partnership, but they are very generous to their friends as well. It's fun with the futuristic bent and the little details about the state of the cities and the ways that people live and work. I am always eager for the next book.

I was able to listen to the audiobook while reading along with the e-book ARC (both provided by the publishers). The narrator, Susan Ericksen, does an excellent job with all the character voices and accents. Her performance is always fabulous as she is so animated and appropriately dramatic. As always, simultaneous listening and reading enhances my enjoyment of the book.

Passions in Death by J.D. Robb is a fab addition to the Eve Dallas series, where the stakes are personal and the hunt is intense.

The novel plunges Detective Dallas into a chilling murder at a pre-wedding party, where the bride-to-be is found garroted in a private room. The crime's brutal nature and the emotional turmoil it stirs up for Eve, who has her own painful memories tied to the crime scene, add layers of complexity to the investigation.

This is a tale of hidden passions and cold-blooded calculation, keeping readers on edge as Eve relentlessly pursues justice for the slain bride. This novel is a read for fans of the series, delivering the perfect mix of suspense, emotion, and detective work. Love me a good police procedural whodunnit!

Thank you J.D.Robb, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for the advanced copy!

It’s been a while since I read a book in this series & I jumped right back into the chaos! I cannot wait to read the ones I’ve missed in between. This was a very fast paced read full of interesting characters, including the usual gang. Highly recommend for fans of JD Robb!

Love how this series is set in NYC in the future!

The year is 2061 and Lt. Eve Dallas is called to the scene of a murder. But, it’s not just any murder. The woman who was killed was a young woman who was so full of life and love, and was marrying her partner in just a few days. The love of her life!
As they are celebrating a girls night out before the wedding, she plans to surprise her fiancé with a special gift in a private room (in a strip club!) But, it’s not what you’d think… And when she walks in, she is murdered.

As Dallas and Peabody investigate, it’s interesting to see how Eve’s mind works…as she dissects all the pieces, and then puts the puzzle back together to figure out whodunnit?!!

Love all the ancillary characters in this one too! They make up quite a crew! But the love of all the friends just shines through so brightly, that it’s just refreshing…and beautiful. Even though it’s so sad…

I also love how ‘lovey-dovey’ Eve is with Roarke in this one…saying how happy she is, and lucky, to be married and have such a wonderful partner!

Going to 🛑 STOP right here! 🛑. I will say that I had plenty of guesses who the culprit was, and I was not correct…

4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me!

Thanks so much to #NetGalley and #MacmillanAudio for an ARC of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
*** The release date is set for 9/3/24…so a few days from now! ***

#PassionsInDeath by #JDRobb and narrated nicely by #SusanEricksen.

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Thank you to NetGalley for letting me listen to this book prior to release. This is yet another great Lt. Eve Dallas and husband Roarke crime mystery that takes place at a prewedding bachelorette party. The story flowed well with correct police procedure and interesting characters.

Another 5 star murder plot for Eve Dallas to solve. A pre wedding celebration at Crack’s place of business results in the death of one of the brides. Dallas, Peabody, McNab and Roarke all descend on the Down and Dirty to start the search for clues. Mavis and Somerset had a small part in this book. As always, Susan Erickson did a fantastic job with her narration. I’ve read and or listened to every book and I highly recommend this book and the series.

Let us start off in the sex club. That sounds like a good place to start and a fun place to start as well. Erin Albright and Shawna Honeycutt are at The Down and Dirty to celebrate their engagement. They are there along with a bunch of their friends. Shawna is getting pretty drunk and having a great time and so is everyone else. The wedding is this next weekend so this is the big party.The plan that Erin has , has been in the making for some time. She has asked someone to get her in to one of the private rooms so she can change her clothes and surprise Shawna with the trip to Maui, Hawaii for their honeymoon. While Shawna is up on stage dancing her heart out with some of the other women she sneaks away to go to the private room.

That would be the last time anyone sees Erin Albright alive. Who could have wanted her dead though?

Come to find out there are a few and when you go on this journey with J.D. Robb you will be spell bound to find out just who did do this heinous crime just when two beautiful souls were about to be joined together.

This an amazing book. Beautifully written and as I had the opportunity to listen to the audio book it was well narrated Susan Erickson..

Highly recommend this book

Happy reading !

J.D. Robb in Death series is one of the few books that I enjoy as an audiobook or to just read. She does what most authors are not able to for audiobooks there are enough descriptions so you can “see” the world but not so much that you don’t connect with the characters. If you are look for a great book to “try” as an audiobook I would recommend any of the J.D. Robb In death series.

Passions in Death (An Eve Dallas Novel) by J. D. Robb
Narrated by Susan Ericksen
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Expected Publication Date: September 3, 2024

Passions in Death is the 59th book in the In Death series by J. D. Robb and features Detective Eve Dallas. I had not read the previous books, and while I found that a challenge at the beginning of the book, I ultimately enjoyed this as a standalone mystery.

Passions in Death takes place in future New York so the sights are familiar but the language and technology have evolved. Just like today, there is slang, and it took a little while to figure out what some of the words mean.

Overall, I thought this was a great story. Having it set in the future gave it an interesting dynamic. I enjoyed following the police in solving this crime. This was a quick read and very fast paced!


The narration by Susan Ericksen was great! I loved how she brought the story to life! She gave each character their own voice.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The latest Eve Dallas novel finds her investigating the murder of a bride to be. Murdered at the bachelorette party, the list of suspects are all friends. Taken through the twists and turns of the investigation we are treated to not only the list of suspects but the regular characters of the book series. Though you can read this as a standalone and it won't lessen the understanding of the case, Robb does rely on a regular cast who are part of the world of Eve Dallas. This installment of the series was a keeper.

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The first I’ve read in this immensely popular series, featuring Lt Eve Dallas, — this will definitely not be the last.

With an appeal that crosses genres, this story is as much about Dallas and her “tribe” - beginning with her ongoing romance with her spouse, the mega-rich and gorgeous Irishman Rourke — along with her circle of friends, (whom I can only imagine has both grown and tightened over the many years this series has been in existence) as it is about a new case, and the puzzling mystery surrounding it.

When a struggling artist, Erin Albright, is brutally murdered during her bridal shower, days before her marriage to the woman of her dreams, the close group of friends celebrating with her become prime (and really, only) suspects for the crime. Thus begins a meandering path undertaken by Dallas and team to understand the characters forming Erin’s closest relationships (with motivators both apparent and hidden) - kicking off a process that allows the author to draw many parallels between the intimate bonds held by the victim and her circle or tribe, and the relationships that Dallas herself holds near and dear.

As Eve and her aid, the empathetic and oddly charming Peabody, begin to put the pieces together, an interesting and ultimately satisfying (to this reader, as well as the crime-solving team) ending evolves - an ending which goes to show one may never really understand the hidden passions that drive those closest to us.

A fun mystery/romance/character-driven mash-up, also peppered with humor, and a trickle of quirky sci-fi elements that serve to remind us the author has set this series in what is now the relatively near future (2050’s).

I reviewed the audio version of this book and enjoyed the narration very much, finding the format an engaging and entertaining alternate dimension to the story.

A great big thank you to the author, the publisher and #NetGalley for an ARC of this book. All thoughts presented are my own.

As a rabid JD Robb/Nora Roberts fan I was so excited to receive an advanced listening copy of Passions in Death. Full disclosure…..I own a copy of every one of her novels and have been reading and collecting her works since the mid 1990s. So yeah rabid super fan here.
I would love to give this book 5 stars just because I love the series so much but for me this one was a bit slower and didn’t feature as much of the Eve/found family interaction which I love. I was excited for Crack to show back up and the Down and Dirty.
The case itself was complex in that there really aren’t a lot of stand out suspects or clues. But we all know our Eve and the stalwart Peabody will find the bad guy!
All in all a good read. I would encourage new readers of the series to start a bit farther back because part of the joy in this series is the emergence of Eve from her traumatic past and the building of her circle.
I would give this a solid 4.5/5 stars if I could give half stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and MacMillan audio for the ALC, All opinions are my own.

J.D. Robb does it again. The call comes in for a dead body at Crank's bar/sex club. Eve was attacked there before her wedding so it hits close to home. It's always great to hear how the tribe is made. Mavis, Peabody, Louise, etc. are Eve's tribe. Love Roake and Eve's relationship. You can see the way Eve thinks and how she digs into everyone and everything that has to do with the murder. The police departments bullpen is fun to read about.

J.D. Robb has done it again! This is a great continuation of the tales with Eve Dallas. It is witty and hooking. Highly recommend